A LEADING figure from the horse world has been on a fact-finding mission to see Europe’s biggest trailer maker – and declared himself impressed.

Graham Cory, chief executive of the British Horse Society (BHS), was taken on a guided tour of IWT Deeside, where Ifor Williams Trailers make their horseboxes.

According to Mr Cory, his first visit to the factory on Deeside Industrial Park was a fascinating experience.

The company and the BHS work together on health and safety matters.

The new horsebox is the flagship of the Ifor Williams’ Trailers range and was unveiled last year as part of the company’s 50th anniversary.

They have applied the production standards of top car manufacturers in building the horsebox with flowing lines.

The design team even used the same test track as Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, to put the trailer through its paces.

Following his visit, Mr Cory said: “I was very impressed going around the assembly line, particularly by the care taken with quality control.

“Everybody who works on the trailers or horsebox has a real incentive to concentrate on quality and take ownership of what they’ve built.”

He added: “Wherever you go in the UK, you’ll see Ifor Williams trailers. The term Ifor Williams Trailers has always meant to me a quality product and everything I have seen here has borne out what I imagined in the first place.”